How to close all programs that are not responding in Windows 10

From time to time every Windows user facing with insufficient resources problem on own device and because of this some programs (or even all at once!) stop responding. Standard tools to finish the processes that are not responding is not so perfect: sometimes button End task in The program is not responding window is not working; the last hope for user (the Task manager) is often stop responding together with other applications.

In such cases, the Command prompt can become an extremely useful tool. In this article we will show you how you can finish all not responding processes by using Command prompt.

Advanced users can configure the system in a much more flexible way. Microsoft developers gave users a numerous amount of parameters – using of CPU by applications, their status (for example, not responding), use of system libraries etc.

How to stop all programs that are not responding in Windows 10?

Press Win + R.

Type in and run the following command:

taskkill.exe /F /FI "status eq NOT RESPONDING"

By using the instructions above, you will force quit all applications that are not responding.

How to create a shortcut to close all the apps that are not responding?

Right click on the Desktop.

Choose New, then Shortcut.

Type in the following command in the location field and press Next:

taskkill.exe /F /FI "status eq NOT RESPONDING"

Give a shortcut the name you like and press Finish.

To pin the shortcut on the Taskbar, drag it there using mouse.

The important thing is that in case the Windows graphic shell is not responding too, the shortcut won’t help you.